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Iron Bridge

Franklin County, Massachusetts
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Photos 

Photo taken by Doug Kerr in June 2008

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Video 

Flooding During Hurricane Irene, 2011

Source: VickInABox

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Street Views 

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Deerfield River on Bridge Street in Buckland
Location
Franklin County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1890; rehabilitated 1994
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 102.7 ft.
Total length: 316.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.1 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Bridge Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.60333, -72.74083   (decimal degrees)
42°36'12" N, 72°44'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/685325/4719241 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Shelburne Falls
Inventory numbers
MA B28022 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 19281 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2010)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 1.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
6,200

Categories 

19th Century (3,817)
Built 1890 (142)
Built during 1890s (1,555)
Double-intersection Warren through truss (72)
Double-intersection Warren truss (220)
Franklin County, Massachusetts (32)
Functionally obsolete (7,035)
Have street view (9,883)
Massachusetts (431)
 NR-listed (2,353)
Open (28,301)
Owned by state (9,806)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,299)
Through truss (9,202)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,367)
Truss (23,562)

Update Log 

  • August 30, 2011: New Street View added by Ben Tate
  • August 30, 2011: Updated by Nathan Holth: Corrected Name
  • August 30, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Locally known as the Bridge of Flowers
  • August 28, 2011: New video from Nathan Holth
  • October 25, 2010: New photos from Doug Kerr

Sources 

  • Doug Kerr
  • Nathan Holth
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Sorting Out Names
Posted August 30, 2011, by Nathan Holth

Sorry, the video I posted here has a misleading title. This bridge is locally known as the Iron Bridge. The video I added shows flood waters assaulting the Iron Bridge. The reason the video is titled Bridge of Flowers is because what you can't see in the video is a concrete arch bridge called Bridge of Flowers which is completely submerged under the floodwaters. For clarity, I have added the Bridge of Flowers to the website as well, since it was not listed before.